Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Jay Greeson column
Humans are prone to mistakes, whether innocently committed at full speed or fully, maliciously calculated.
For those on the largest stages, it's not whether mistakes are made, it's how they are handled.
This is magnified in a 24/7 news cycle in which every quote can be dissected and every dissection creates the next wave of news.
For state Sen.
Wednesday, a Vanderbilt poll showed that an overwhelming number of the 1,001 registered voters polled in the state were in favor of the Insure Tennessee plan Gardenhire helped defeat in a
Gardenhire has taken the brunt of carrying the fight against expanding health coverage to 280,000 Tennesseans. He is far from the only Republican in
His conviction and openness -- whether you think he is a buffoon or Braveheart -- should be commended.
It's his openness and natural passion that landed him in hot water earlier this week. He emphatically chided a
"Never. That is spelled with a capital N," Gardenhire was quoted in the
Gardenhire checked his facts, called the reporter back and corrected himself. He misspoke -- quite exuberantly, mind you -- about his family insurance, which has changed multiple times in recent years.
Do you remember who your insurer was three years ago? Neither do I.
While Gardenhire made headlines for overflapping his gums,
Gardenhire's mistake in handling the matter was about ignorance; Brady's ex post facto stumbles have been more about arrogance.
Brady first laughed about the allegations after the AFC championship game in late January. Then he denied them and even had the support on his billionaire boss,
Now that the
If Brady is comfortable that he did not participate in the schemes to break the rules about
His penalty is almost assuredly more harsh because of his lack of cooperation in the matter.
Now Brady has hired
Who is
Who was the guy the NFLPA turned to help
Who was the guy the league turned to get
Who did
That was Kessler, Kessler and, yep, Kessler.
So an appeal seems imminent, but the question still looms: If Brady's not guilty, why has he not cooperated?
Either way, you don't hire Kessler to take your medicine and settle. You hire
Everyone makes mistakes; how they are handled goes to great lengths in determining how they are remembered.
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